Hooked in film : substance abuse on the big screen / John Markert.

Hooked in film : substance abuse on the big screen /

In Hooked in Film, John Markert takes a close look at the correlation between social policies and the public view of drugs and their portrayals in film. In this volume, Markert examines the changing social attitudes toward illegal drugs and their cinematic depictions from as early as the 1894 film C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Markert, John, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 2013.
Subjects:
Drugs in motion pictures.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Attacking the drug problem, 1900-1959: cinema and the temperance movement
  • Marijuana, 1960-2010: a social and cinematic reappraisal
  • Heroin in film, 1960-2010: the continued spiral into death and destruction
  • Cocaine, 1960-2010: crack changes the social and cinematic landscape
  • A drug miscellany: social and cinematic problematic drugs
  • Conclusion.

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